CVE-2011-1755
jabberd2 before 2.2.14 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document
02 Description
jabberd2 before 2.2.14 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-06-21 01:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-04-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-776Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 48aa0c039aef7d5c7bdcb2b01325a928890700da682e2899c1c06e7321b99d91
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comjabberd-xml-entity-dos(67770)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67770
- codex.xiaoka.comhttp://codex.xiaoka.com/svn/jabberd2/tags/jabberd-2.2.14/ChangeLog
- secunia.com44957http://secunia.com/advisories/44957
- secunia.com44787http://secunia.com/advisories/44787
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-7801http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061341.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0881http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0881.html
- hermes.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2011:0741https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9197650
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700390
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-7805http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061458.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0882http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0882.html
- www.securityfocus.com48250http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48250
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-7818http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061482.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
- secunia.com45112http://secunia.com/advisories/45112
- www.mail-archive.com[jabberd2] 20110531 jabberd-2.2.14 releasehttp://www.mail-archive.com/jabberd2%40lists.xiaoka.com/msg01655.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- jabberd2 Fixed in 2.2.8-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- jabberd2 Fixed in 2.2.8-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- jabberd2 Fixed in 2.2.8-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.